Kellys Directory Extract 1915 Bradford-on-Avon

BRADFORD-ON-AVON is a parish and union town, situated on the Somersetshire border, on the river Avon and on the Kennet and Avon canal, with a station on the Salisbury, Weymouth and Bath branch of the Great Western railway, 102 miles from London by road and 100 by railway, 8 south-east from Bath, 3 north-west from Trowbridge, 5 south- west from Melksham, 12 west from Devizes and 12 north from Warminster, in the Western division of the county, hundred and petty sessional division of Bradford, rural deanery of Potterne (Bradford portion), archdeaconry of Wilts and diocese of Salisbury. The town is built within a recess, on the abrupt declivities of the sides of a rocky hill, and the most ancient parts are laid out in a succession of terraces, rising one above another to the very summit of the hill, from one which, called Tory Rank, the views are very picturesque, and the prospect is extensive and delightfully varied; in the valley below stands the fine old parish church; near to its base, after emerging from between the hills, flows the river Avon, its banks dotted with factories: on the west, and under the side of Grip Hill, is an ancient barn, formerly belonging to the “Grange” or principal farm of the Abbess of Shaftesbury, and possessing one of the finest timbered roofs in the country: on the east is the greater portion of the town, while in the middle distance may be seen the village of Hilperton and the town of Trowbridge, with Westbury Down and the Wiltshire hills in the distance.

Bradford means the “broad ford” over the river, and was inhabited as early as the time of the Roman occupation of this part of the country. The town was a place of some consequence even in the time of the West Saxons, being the site of a monastic house, founded by St Aldhelm in 705, and given to the nunnery at Shaftesbury in 1001. In 954 St Dunstan was elected Bishop of Worcester at a synod held at Bradford: the town was privileged to send members to Parliament, but this right was not exercised more than once: a portion of the town still bears the appellation of the Borough of Bradford, but whether it was ever incorporated and had separate jurisdiction seems to be unknown. The river Avon is here crossed by two bridges, and on one of these, in the centre of the town, is a stone building with a square domical roof, once a chapel, where pilgrims offered at once devotions and alms. Near this, to the west, is the ancient ford by which the town was approached. The other bridge, called Barton Bridge, is lower down the stream, and has four arches.

Bradford is considered to be a very pleasing, exceedingly picturesque and very healthy town, and is well defended from the north and east winds: the houses are mostly gable-fronted, built with stone, and roofed with the same material. The streets are generally narrow and irregular, but, in some instances, they have been widened and improved. In 1834 the town was lighted with gas by a company, and on 15th of July 1839, the “Bradford Town Improvement Act” received the Royal Assent, but the commissioners appointed under this Act have been superseded under the “Local Government Act 1894” by an Urban District Council.

In 1902 the Bradford Gas Act was passed, conferring parliamentary powers upon the present company.

Waterworks, the property of the Council, were erected in 1883: the adits, situated at Avoncliff, yield a copious supply of pure spring water, which is pumped thence into a reservoir at the top of the hill between Winsley and Bradford; additional adits have since been driven, and the present supply thereby considerably augmented. An extra filter bed has also been constructed, and the receiving tank enlarged: the town is supplied by gravitation: the cost of the works, opened in October 1883, was £12,000.

In 1907 a new Sewerage and Sewerage Disposal Scheme was carried out.

The church of the Holy Trinity is an ancient edifice in the Norman and Perpendicular styles, consisting of chancel, nave of five bays, north aisle, chapel, south porch and an embattled western tower, with a low spire, containing a clock, 8 bells and chimes: on two of the ancient tombs are the mutilated recumbent figure of a knight in armour, and on the north side a full-length effigy of a lady: there are brasses to the Deverell, Yewe, Shrapnel, Clutterbuck and Horton families: the east window and several others are stained: in 1893 a dwarf stone screen, with wrought iron entrance gates, separating the chancel from the nave, was erected in memory of the Rev Baldwin Francis Leighton

©Wiltshire OPC Project/2014/Eileen Barnett BA sometime hon. Curate: there are sittings for 637 persons: in the churchyard is another ancient tomb. The register dates from the year 1565. The living is a vicarage, net income £284, with residence, in the gift of the Dean and Chapter of Salisbury, and held since 1914 by the Rev Albert Thomas Richardson MA of Hertford College, Oxford.

Christ Church is an ecclesiastical parish, formed in 1843; the church, at Bearfield, erected in 1841, is in the Perpendicular style, consisting of a chancel, nave, south porch and a western tower with spire containing one bell: the chancel was added in 1878 from designs by the late Sir G Gilbert Scott RA at a cost of £2,000: the east window and nine others are stained: in 1884 the church was reseated, under the direction of Mr John Oldrid Scott, architect: an oak screen, separating the chancel from the nave, and an organ chamber were erected in 1891: two oak side screens were added in 1909, the gift of Canon the Hon S Meade: there are 450 sittings. The register dates from the year 1842. The living is a vicarage, net yearly value £290, with residence, in the gift of the vicar of Bradford, and held since 1908 by the Rev Wyndham Noel BA of Exeter College, Oxford.

There are three Baptist chapels, including one for Zion Baptists, Congregational and Wesleyan chapels, and a Wesleyan chapel at Bradford Leigh.

A cemetery of 4a. 2r. 8p. in the Holt road, was formed in 1856 at a cost of £3,000; it has two mortuary chapels, and is under the control of a joint committee.

The Technical Institute, in Junction road, erected in 1896 at a cost of £4,000, is a building of stone, comprising physical and chemical laboratories, art room, manual instruction room and a room for instruction in cookery and domestic economy; John Crompton MA principal. A large and fully equipped gymnasium was presented in 1901 by Lord Fitzmaurice, who had been the principal contributor to the institute.

The Town Hall is of Bath stone, in the Elizabethan style, from designs by Thomas Fuller esq. architect, late of Bath; it includes a magistrate’s room, customs and excise office, and dwellings for the police. The county court, petty sessions, and meetings of Guardians and Rural District Council are held here.

The Urban District Council’s offices are at Westbury House.

The Public Baths, in Bridge street, erected in 1898 at a cost of about £1,200 are under the control of the Urban District Council. The Temperance Hall in Sladesbrook, erected in 1845, will hold 200 persons. The Urban District Fire Brigade consists of a captain and 11 members, with a manual engine. Messrs George Spencer Moulton and Co Ltd also have a fire brigade consisting of workmen of the firm.

Bradford was at one time the central town in the west of England for the manufacture of superfine broadcloths. This business is known to have been carried on here to some extent in the time of Edward I, and Edward III invited clothworkers to repair to England out of foreign parts, to whom he granted sundry privileges. Anthony Methuen, the ancestor of the present Lord Methuen, of Corsham House, was the first to improve upon the old mode of cloth-making by introducing into Bradford, in 1740, operatives from Flanders. The industry has now completely died out and the manufacture of india rubber tyres and india rubber goods generally is gradually becoming the staple trade of the town. There are also two banks, two breweries and two foundries, and several quarries from which good building stone is obtained.

The Right Hon Sir Richard Bethell kt. PC afterwards Lord Westbury and Lord Chancellor, was born at Westbury House, in St Margaret street, 30th June 1800.

In the Frome road are two almshouses, one of which for four poor men, was founded in 1700 by John Hall esq. whose arms, crest and motto “Deo et pauperibus” appear over the doorway: this building was entirely restored in 1891-3 by the late H Moulton esq. who, by his will, further endowed it with a sum of £1,000: each inmate receives 5s per week. The other almshouse, for poor old women, was rebuilt in 1868 from designs by C S Adye esq. architect, and added to in 1878: this charity is endowed with lands once belonging to the monastery of Shaftesbury: the patronage is with the lord of the manor, and the building has been restored to its original size, and is occupied by four old women, receiving 4s weekly, but to those in receipt of the old age pension this amount is reduced to 2s. the charities for distribution amount to £64 8s.

John Curl, of Turleigh, by will dated 1703 gave £30 yearly out of the rents of his estate at Churton to be distributed on the Feast of St Thomas to 120 poor persons of Bradford, Winsley, Leigh and Woolley, but at present (1011) the rent barely covers expenses; Mrs Elizabeth Tugwell left in 1779 £100 stock, the interest to be given to 40 old and infirm persons; Samuel Cam left in 1792 £100 stock, the interest to be given to the poor in bread; Mrs Charlotte Amelia ©Wiltshire OPC Project/2014/Eileen Barnett Beaven left £50, the interest to be given in bread on Christmas Day; Edward Thresher left £100 stock, which is now increased to £200; John Strawbridge left £400 in Consols, the interest of these charities to be given to the poor in crowns and half-crowns.

There are the remains of many ancient edifices, both of a private and also of an ecclesiastical character, in and about the town. Of these the Saxon church is the most interesting; the late professor E A Freeman, in his “English Towns and Districts” regards it as “probably the only perfect surviving church of its kind in England, if not in Europe” and it is believed to be the ecclesiola, or little church, attached to the monastery founded by At Aldhelm, and mentioned by William of Malmesbury as standing in his time, AD 1120, although the monastery has long ceased to exist: it owes its discovery to the archaeological intelligence of the Rev Canon William Henry Rich-Jones MA vicar 1851-86, who, standing on Tory Rank about 1858 and looking down on the roofs of the town, observed that the outline of the three roofs of a very old building was of an ecclesiastical character, and that the roofs were apparently those of the chancel, nave and porch of a church; at that time the building was so surrounded by other structures and by the accumulation of the dirt of centuries, to the height in some places of six feet above the foundations, that it was difficult to form an accurate judgment on the subject: the building has since been purchased and vested in trustees, of whom Archdeacon E J Bodington MA is chairman and A W N Burder esq. JP secretary, and the surrounding obstructions having been cleared away, the proportions of the building are now fairly displayed: the existing porch is on the north side, but there appears to have been a similar one on the south: the workmanship is of rude character; the most striking feature is the great height of the building as compared with its length and breadth: the nave is 25 feet by 13, and 25 high; the chancel, 13 feet by 10, and 18 feet high, and the porch 10 feet square and 15 feet high; and the opening from the chancel to the nave is rather a doorway than an arch, being 2 feet wide and 8 feet high: the church has now been so far restored as to admit of services being held in it.

The Hermitage of Tory Chapel stands on Tory Rank, the highest part of the town, and was restored in 1869 by the late T B Saunders esq. Of the Priory, and opened for public worship in 1871: this building is mentioned by Leland in his “Itinerary” in 1533, and it is also mentioned by Aubrey, as follows:- “On the top of the north hill, above Mr Methwyn’s, is the finest hermitage I have seen in England, several rooms and a very neat chapel of freestone.” The building is cruciform, and almost immediately above the Lady Well, from which circumstance it has now been called St Mary’s Chapel: the east window and another in the south porch are stained.

The Chantry, or Chantry House, now the residence of Capt Hugh Henry D Tothill RN was founded by Thomas Horton de Iford, a wealthy clothier, early in the 16th century and added to in the 17th century from the designs of Inigo Jones.

The Hall, a fine example of the Jacobean style, dates from the early part of the 17th century, and became by marriage the property of the Pierreponts, earls and dukes of Kingston, whence it was formerly known as Kingston House, and for some time the residence of the notorious Duchess of (d 1773): Evelyn, 2nd Duke of Kingston dying without issue, this property descended to his sister Frances, whose son Charles, on acceding to the estates, in 1773, was created Earl Manvers. The mansion, which had been much neglected and used as a wool-store, was purchased in 1848 by the late S Moulton esq. JP by whom it was completely restored. The south front was reproduced as the model of an English country house at the Paris Exhibition of 1900. It is now the residence of John Moulton esq. JP.

Bearfield House, standing in a park of about 60 acres, is the residence of Gerald A R FitzGerald esq. KC JP.

Frankleigh House is the seat of the Rev the Hon Canon Sidney Meade JP; the mansion, built about the time of James I stands in a park and grounds of about 220 acres.

Northleigh is the seat of Capt Robert Chaloner Critchley Long JP; the mansion stands in a park and grounds of about 40 acres; and Woodleigh, standing in a park of 18 acres, is the residence of Mrs Mallinson.

Rt Hon C E H Hobhouse MP is lord of the manor.

The principal landowners are Percy Kendall Stothert esq. JP the Rev the Hon Canon Sidney Meade JP John Moulton esq. JP and George Llewellen Palmer esq. JP. The soil is oolitic; subsoil, clay. The chief crops are wheat and grass.

The whole parish originally covered 10,208 acres, but the County Council, about 1895, divided it into six portions, viz.: Bradford Urban and Without, Holt, Limpley Stoke, South Wraxall and Winsley; the area of Bradford-on-Avon civil parish is 1,990 acres; rateable value is £19,874; the population in 1911 was 4,501. The population of the ecclesiastical parish of Holy Trinity in 1911 was 3,139, and of Christ Church, 1,639.

©Wiltshire OPC Project/2014/Eileen Barnett Atworth, formerly a tithing, was, by an order of the Local Government Board, dated 19th December 1884, amalgamated with Great and Little Chalfield and Cottles, to form the civil parish of Atworth, and will be found under the heading of Atworth.

Bradford Leigh, Woolley and Trowle are tithings.

South Wraxall, a tithing, has been formed into a separate parish, and will be found under the heading of South Wraxall. Holt, another separate parish, will be found under Holt.

Winsley and Limpley Stoke are two civil parishes, and will be found under the headings of Winsley and Limpley Stoke.

Turleigh is a hamlet in Winsley.

Parish Clerk, Holy Trinity: Frederick J Moore, 12 Church street

Clerk and Sexton, Christ Church: Thomas White, 9 Mount Pleasant.

OFFICIAL ESTABLISHMENTS, LOCAL INSTITUTIONS &c. Post MO & TO & Telephonic Express Delivery Office: Miss Amelia Eyers, postmistress, Shambles. Open daily from 8am till 8pm; on Sundays from 8.30am till 10am. Money orders & postal orders are issued & paid & Savings Bank, Government Life Insurance & Annuity business transacted & Inland Revenue Licences issued daily from 8am to 8pm Letters are dispatched at 5.30, 10.30 & 11.20am & 2.15, 3.40, 5.10, 6.15, 8.30 & 9.30pm; parcels at 10.20 & 11.10am & 3.25, 5, 8 & 9pm Town Delivery of Letters at 7 & 10.20am & 4pm; parcels at 7 & 10.20am & 4pm There is a morning delivery only on Sundays, but the evening mail is dispatched as on week days There is a delivery of parcels at all the villages in this district by the letter carriers, both morning and evening Letters for Trowle, through Trowbridge Town Sub-Post & MO Office, Trowbridge road: Henry Alexander, sub-postmaster. Box cleared at 8.15 & 10.15am & 2, 3.30, 5.30, 8 & 9pm week days only Sub-Post Office, Bath road: Herbert William Slade, sub-postmaster. Box cleared 10 & 11.50am & 5.20 & 8pm; Sundays, 10am Wall Letter Boxes: Woolley, cleared 10 & 11.35am & 5.15 & 7.50pm week days only; Bradford Leigh cleared 9.40am & 7.35pm; Sundays 9.45am; Wellclose cleared 9.50am & 1.40 4.15 & 8pm week days only; Frankleigh cleared 9.50am & 7.40pm; Sundays 9.50am; Bath road cleared 10am & 8pm; Sundays 10am; Railway approach cleared 9 & 10.15am & 2.05 3.30 5.30 8.05 & 9.05pm week days only; Frome road 8.30 & 10.10am & 1.50, 4.30, 7.40 & 8.55pm; Poulton cleared 8am 12 noon & 5.15 & 7.50pm; Tory cleared 7.45 & 10.50am & 4.40 & 8.15pm; Sundays 7.45am; Woolley Green cleared 8.15 & 11.30am & 5.10 & 7.45pm; Leigh cleared 9.45am & 7.40pm; Sundays 9.50am; Trowbridge road cleared 8.15 & 10.15am & 2, 3.30, 5.30, 8 & 9pm week days only; Huntingdon street Bearfield cleared 8.45 & 11.15am & 5.15 & 7.55pm week days only

URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL Meetings at the Board room, Westbury house, every fourth Monday at 6.45pm. All retire in April 1916

Members Chairman: Gerald Augustus Robt. Fitzgerald KC JP Vice-Chairman: Alfred W Edwards

Frederick Hedges Edward Sainsbury Richard Laytham Albert Tom Scrine Albert W Long William Selfe Albert Nichols Charles Solomon Herbert William Pearce John Henry Wills

Officers Clerk: James Compton, 50 St Margaret Street Treasurer: Raymond Cadle, Capital & Counties Bank Limited, Church Street Medical Officer of Health: William Alexander Adye MRCSEng LSA St Margaret's, Church Street

©Wiltshire OPC Project/2014/Eileen Barnett Surveyor, Sanitary Inspector & Manager of Waterworks: Randle Burslam Lees, Westbury House Collector: Arthur W Cowlishaw, Westbury House

COUNTY MAGISTRATES FOR THE DIVISION OF BRADFORD Moulton John, The Hall, Bradford-on-Avon, chairman FitzGerald Gerald Augustus Robert KC, Bearfield House, Bradford-on-Avon, vice-chairman Applegate Frank, Woolley Hill House, Bradford-on-Avon Beaven Edwin Charles, Arboyne, Holt, Trowbridge Beaven Fredk. Thomas, The Retreat, Holt, Trowbridge Burder Alfred William Newsom FSA, Belcombe Court, Bradford-on-Avon Caillard Sir Vincent Henry Penlaver, Wingfield House, Trowbridge Cox Eustace Richardson, Manor House, South Wraxall, Bradford-on-Avon Fitzmaurice Lord PC, Leigh House, Bradford-on-Avon Forster Lt Col Thomas Henry Burton, Holt Manor House, Trowbridge Hobhouse Rt Hon Charles Edward Henry MP, The Ridge, Corsham, Wilts Hobhouse Sir Charles Parry bart, Manor House, Monkton Farleigh, Bradford-on-Avon Knatchbull Edward Wadham, Manor House, Winsley, Bradford-on-Avon Long Capt Robert Chaloner Critchley, Northleigh, Bradford-on-Avon Meade The Rev and Hon Canon Sidney, Frankleigh House, Bradford-on-Avon Pinckney Erlysman Chas. Duckmead, Bradford-on-Avon Poore Admiral Sir Richard bart KCB CVO, Winsley Corner, Winsley Stothert Percy Kendall M. Inst. C.E., Woolley Grange, Bradford-on-Avon Thornton James, Conkwell Grangem Limpley Stoke

The Chairman of the Urban & Rural District Councils in the division are ex-officio magistrates Clerk to the Magistrates: James Compton, 50 St Margaret Street Petty Sessions are held at the Town Hall the last Wednesday in the month at 11am. The division of Bradford-on-Avon comprises the following places, viz.: Atworth, Bradford-on-Avon, Bradford Without, Cottles, Brougton Gifford, Great & Little Chalfield, Holt, Limpley Stoke, Monkton Farleigh, Westwood & Iford, Wingfield, Winsley & South Wraxall

BRADFORD RURAL DISTRICT COUNCIL The Parishes in the District are the same as in the Union, with the exception of Bradford-on-Avon. Area 16,684 acres; population in 1911, 5,313 Council meets at the Town Hall on Monday, every four weeks at 3pm Chairman: John Henry Bishop, Church Farm, Broughton Gifford

Officials Clerk: James Compton, 50 St Margaret Street Treasurer: Raymond Cadle, Capital & Counties Bank Limited, Church Street Medical Officer of Health: William John Alexander Adye MRCSEng LSA, St Margaret's, Church Street District Surveyor & Sanitary Inspector: Richard Giddings, 22 Frome Road

PUBLIC ESTABLISHMENTS Cemetery, Holt Road: Alexander Wilkins, clerk to the burial board; Alfred Barnett, keeper; office, Town Hall chambers County Police Office & Station, adjoining the Town Hall: Henry Nelson Read, inspector & 3 constables County Court is held at the Town Hall, Bradford-on-Avon, quarterly & at Trowbridge, monthly; office Wicker Hill, Trowbridge; His Honour Gwynne-James, judge: FAP Sylvester, of Trowbridge, registrar & high bailiff; Frank Clift, Trowbridge, sub-bailiff. The following places are included in the district: Atworth, Bradford, Bradley (North), Chalfield (Great & Little), Cottles, Freshford (Somerset), Hilperton, Holt, Keevil, Lenton, Limpley Stoke, Monkton Farleigh, Road, Southwick, Staverton, Steeple Ashton, Stowford, Trowbridge, Westwood, Wingfield, Winsley & Wraxall (South)

For Bankruptcy purposes this court is included in that of Bath; Charles Henry King, 26 Baldwin Street, Bristol, official receiver; William Ormiston, assistant official receiver; W Walter, 3 Ashton Street, Trowbridge, bailiff under "Law of Distress Amendment Acts" Fire Brigade, St Margaret Street, Charles George Earle, captain & 11 men Public Baths, Bridge Street, Joseph Taylor Heavyside, supt

©Wiltshire OPC Project/2014/Eileen Barnett Public Weighing Machines, 54 Frome Road, Miss Edith Dobson, weigher, pro tem; 10 Mount Pleasant, Mrs Ruth Moody, weigher Stamp Office. Shambles, Miss Amelia Eyers, distributor Temperance Hall, Sladesbrook, DJ Coward, hon sec Town Hall. Market Street; Edward Mizen, sec (Frankleigh Farm); JF Keene, caretaker

BRADFORD-ON-AVON UNION Board day held every other Monday at the Town Hall at 2pm. Bradford-on-Avon union contains eleven parishes, viz.: Atworth, Bradford-on-Avon, Bradford Without, Broughton Gifford, Holt, Limpley Stoke, Monkton Farleigh, Westwood, Wingfield, Winsley & South Wraxall. The population in 1911 was 9,814; area, 18,674 acres; rateable value in 1914, £56,036 Chairman: John Henry Bishop, Broughton Gifford, Melksham Clerk to the Guardians & Assessment Committee: James Compton, 50 St Margaret Street Treasurer: Raymond Cadle, Capital & Counties Bank Limited, Church Street Collector to the Guardians & Vaccination Officer: Percy J Cockrom, 50 St Margaret Street Relieving Officer for the Union: John McLean, 1 Lorne Villas, Junction Road Assistant for the Suppression of Vagrancy: Henry Nelson Read, Police Station Medical Officers & Public Vaccinators: No 1 district, Charles Edward Stewart Flemming MRCSEng, LRCPLond, Manvers House, Kingston Road. No 2 district, Henry Christopher Tayler MRCSEng, LRCPLond, Abbey House, Church Street. No 3 district, William John Alexander Adye MRCSENG, St Margaret's, Bradford-on-Avon Poor Law Institution, Avoncliff, Westwood parish, will hold 315 inmates; Rev George Henry Kirkham, chaplain; William John A Adye MRCSEng medical officer; Frederick Collins, master; Mrs Frances Elizabeth Collins, matron; Mrs Beatrice Bishop, nurse' Tom Titchener, porter

BRADFORD-ON-AVON REGISTRATION DISTRICT Superintendent Registrar: James Compton, 50 St Margaret Street; deputy, Percy John Cockrom, 50 St Margaret Street Registrar of Births & Deaths, Bradford-on-Avon, John E Jennings, 28 Market Street, Bradford-on-Avon; deputy, John McLean, 1 Lorne Villas, Junction Road, Bradford-on-Avon Registrar of Marriages: Tom Spencer, 50 St Margaret Street; deputy, Arthur W Cowlishaw, 50 St Margaret Street

PUBLIC OFFICERS Certifying Factory Surgeon: William John Alexander Adye MRCSEng, LSA, St Margaret's, Church Street Collector of Poor Rates: John Edward Jennings, 28 Market Street Collector & Assessor of Taxes: Edward Mizen, Bradford Without Excise Officer: Geo Edwin Morgan, 491 Trowbridge Road

PLACES OF WORSHIP, with times of services Holy Trinity Church: Rev Albert Thomas Richardson MA vicar; Rev Frederick George Allsopp BA curate; 8 & 11am 12 noon & 6.30pm; Thurs. 7.30pm Christ Church: Rev Wyndham Noel BA vicar; 8 & 11am & 6.30pm; Thurs. 7.30pm Old Baptist, St Margaret Street: 11am & 6pm; wed 7.15pm Conigre Zion Baptist, Newtown: 11am & 6pm; Thurs. 7.30pm Baptist (Providence), Bearfield: 11am & 6pm; Thurs. 7.15pm Congregational, St Margaret Street: Rev William B Richards, 10.30am & 6pm; Thurs. 7.30pm Countess of Huntingdon's Chapel, Bearfield: 10.30am & 6pm; wed 7.30pm Wesleyan, Coppice Hill (Trowbridge & Bradford Circuit): Rev Alfred Charles Dawkins; 10.30am & 6pm; Thurs. 7.30pm Wesleyan, Bradford Leigh (Trowbridge & Bradford Circuit): Rev Alfred Charles Dawkins; 6pm; wed 7.30pm

SCHOOLS Bradford-on-Avon Technical Institute (Technical Committee of the Wilts County Council): John Crompton MA principal & sec to committee, Junction Road The County Day School, for boys and girls, was established in October 1897 and is carried on at the Technical Institute; John Crompton MA head master; Thomas I Hallett, art master; Miss Julia E Blake & Miss Tirzah Barnes, languages & literature mistresses; Percival Charles Cottle (boys) & Miss Audrey Isobel Rhodes (girls), drill instructors; Arthur H Baker Inter. BSc science master; Gideon N White (visiting) woodwork instructor; Miss Evelyn M Peacock (visiting) housewifery instructress

©Wiltshire OPC Project/2014/Eileen Barnett Free Grammar School for Boys, founded in 1712, formerly held in the old Saxon Church, and afterwards in premises in Church Street, was closed September 1903 and the funds devoted to the provision of scholarships in County Schools Holy Trinity (boys) Newtown, built in 1836 for 157; G Norton White, master Holy Trinity (girls & infants) Newtown, built in 1896 for 150 girls & 180 infants; Miss A H Quartermaine, girls' mistress; Mrs L A White, infants' mistress Christ Church, Mount Pleasant (mixed & infants) built in 1847 at the sole cost of the late Capt S H Palairet; an infant school was erected in 1879 at the sole expense of the late Miss Poynder of Leigh House; the school will hold 336 children; Herman Wilkinson, master; Mrs E Wilkinson, infants' mistress Elementary (girls) Mason's Lane for 100 children; Miss Maddison, mistress Evening School for Boys, Newtown; mon wed & Thurs. 7pm

Railway Station, W M Chapman, station master

CARRIERS Midland Railway Co Powell Thomas (canal) Sutton & Co to London etc. Henry A D Beard , agent, 33 Market Street

Gentry/Private Residents

Surname Given Names Title Industry/Occupation Place/Parish Lucas Charles Abbot 70 Trowbridge Road Fuidge Adye Miss 46 St Margaret Street Adye Misses 38 Bath Road William John Adye St Margaret's, Church Street Alexander Allsopp Frederick George Rev BA Curate of Holy Trinity 140b Trowbridge Road Applegate Frank JP Woolley Hill House Bailey Chas Kingston 13 Woolley Street Beaven Mrs 14 St Margaret Street Bennett Mrs 4 Woolley Street Blake Mrs 43 Trowbridge Road Bourne Emily Mrs 8 Mason's Lane Brown John 33 St Margaret Street Alfred William Burder FSA JP Belcombe Court Newsom Cadle Raymond Bank House, Church Street Civilje Misses 23 Huntingdon Street Cockrom Percy John 28 St Margaret Street Collett Mrs The Priory Crisp Henry 140 Trowbridge Road Crompton John MA 4 Junction Road Dawkins Alfred Charles Rev Wesleyan 32 St Margaret Street Dotesio William C 43 St Margaret Street Douglas Lady Belcombe Lodge Dowdle William Edward 4 Kingston Road Elton Ambrose 3 Woolley Street Estcourt Miss The Rise, Newtown Eyre William Henry Commander RN Woolley Green House Eyres Miss 26 St Margaret Street Ferris Samuel 21 Coppice Hill Fitzgerald Gerald AR KC JP Bearfield House Leigh House & Brook's Club, Fitzmaurice Lord PC MA JP London SW Flemming Miss 5 Woolley Street Charles Edward Manvers House, Kingston Flemming Stewart Road Flint Mrs Sheldon Lodge, New Road Fuller Sidney Charles Lynchetts, Woolley Street ©Wiltshire OPC Project/2014/Eileen Barnett Leedham Woolley Lodge, Woolley Gilder Miss Green Gishford Miss 12 Newtown Goodall John Frank 5 Junction Road Habershon Mrs 4 Sladesbrook Harding Edward Roach Brunswick House, Bath Road Howell Harry 7 Mount Pleasant Jennings John Edward 2 Trowbridge Road Jones Charles John 18 Silver Street Jones Isaac Mrs Woodlands Keen Mrs 3 Barton Orchard Lane Sydney Septimus BA 40 Trowbridge Road Lewis John Mrs 3 Junction Road Long Albert W 8 St Margaret's Villas Long E Mrs 139 Trowbridge Road Long James Mrs 31 St Margaret Street Robert Chaloner Long Capt JP Northleigh Critchley Loram William Thomas 5 Frome Road Mallinson Mrs Woodleigh Martin George Henry Kingsfield House, White Hill Mayell Alfred 7 Barton Orchard McLean John 1 Lorne Villas, Junction Road Rev Canon the Meade Sidney Frankleigh House Hon JP Merrick Mrs 39 Bath Road Michell William Rev MA 11 Woolley Street Middleton Mrs 46 Trowbridge Road Milsom George 4 Mount Pleasant Moulton John JP The Hall Mullins Maurice 6 Junction Road Vicar of Christ Noel Wyndham Rev BA Christ Church Vicarage Church Pape Robert 47 Trowbridge Road Pearce Mrs 10 Frome Road Pepper George 48 Trowbridge Road Cartref, Iona Terrace, Frome Richards William Brenan Rev Congregational Road Richardson Albert Thomas Rev MA Vicar of Holy Trinity The Vicarage Ruddle Edward Anthony 35 St Margaret Street Sainsbury Miss 5 Sladesbrook Sawtell Mrs 44 Trowbridge Road Sawtell John Maplecroft, Bath Road Skrine O P Kingsfield, Woolley Street Small William Rev Baptist 41 Trowbridge Road Crafton, Elmhurst, Frome Smith Mrs Road Smith Harry 25 St Margaret Street Sparks James Mrs 1 Trowbridge Road Stamper Gerald Graham 5 Kingston Road Stothert Percy Kendall JP Woolley Grange Mansel Lodge, Trowbridge Street Miss Road Streeter Savile G 6 Huntingdon Street Swain William Joseph 8 Woolley Street Tayler H Christopher Abbey House, Church Street Taylor Harold John 140a Trowbridge Road Tothill Hugh Henry D Capt RN Chantry, Barton Orchard Vennell Frederick Joseph 7 Frome Road Wake George 72 Trowbridge Road Ward Atkinson 8 Frome Road Ward M Mrs 30 St Margaret Street ©Wiltshire OPC Project/2014/Eileen Barnett Weaver Charles 71 Trowbridge Road Wheeler Trevor 6 Mount Pleasant White G Norton 23 St Margaret Street Wilkins Mrs Wellclose Wilkins Walter James Wellclose House

Traders - early closing day, Wednesday

Surname Given Names Title Industry/Occupation Place/Parish Ancient Order of Court Duke of Kingston 44 St Margaret Street Foresters No 4042 Quarry owners & stone Bath Stone Firms Ltd merchants Beaven & Compton Solicitors 50 St Margaret Street Bradford on Avon Co- operative Industrial & 9 White Hill Provident Society Ltd Bradford on Avon Gas Frome Road Co Bradford Rowing Club Wellclose Bradford Town Hall & Market Co Ltd Cemetery Holt Road Conservative Club 20 Market Street County Court Town Hall Chambers County Day School Technical Institute Junction Road County Police Office & Adjoining the Town Station Hall Electric Palace Town Hall Chambers Fire Brigade St Margaret Street Friendship & Unity Lodge Freemasons Church Street No 1271 Horticultural Society 2 St Margaret's Villas Independent Order of The Loyal Marquis of Lorne 16 St Margaret Street Oddfellows Lodge No 5913 Independent Order of No 1812 29 Frome Road Rechabites Kennett & Avon Canal The Lock, Frome Navigation Road Liberal Club 5 St Margaret Street 2 Church Street. Draw Open 10 to 3, Saturday Lloyds Bank Ltd London Head Office 9.30 to 12.30 71 Lombard Street EC London Central Meat Butchers 1 Shamble Co Ltd Men's Institute 17 Church Street Goods Depot, 9 St Midland Railway Co Margaret Street Nursing Association 10 St Margaret's Hill Pioneer Sick Benefit & 5 St Margaret's Villas Provident Society Poultry Society Canal Farm Public Baths Bridge Street India Rubber Sirdar Rubber Co Ltd Greenland Mills Manufacturers Stamp Office Shambles Sutton & Co Parcels Carriers 33 Market Street Tariff Reform Club St Margaret Street Technical Institute Junction Road Temperance Hall Sladesbrook United Patriots' National Benefit 10 St Margaret Street Society ©Wiltshire OPC Project/2014/Eileen Barnett Water Works Westbury House Brewers & Maltsters, Wine Pickwick Brewery & at Wilkins Brothers & & Spirit Merchants & Chippenham Brewery, Hudson Ltd Mineral Water Chippenham Manufacturers Wiltshire Friendly 2 St Margaret's Villas Society Abbey Mills, Church Wiltshire Rug Co Rug Makers Street Wiltshire Working Co-operative Hall, Men's Conservative Whitehill Benefit Society Surgeon & Medical Officer & Public Vaccinator, No 3 William John district, Bradford Union & St Margaret's, Church Adye MRCS Eng Alexander Medical Officer of Health to Street the Union and certifying factory surgeon, Alexander Henry & Son Grocers & Post Office 116 Trowbridge Road Andrews David Boot repairer 56 Frome Road Andrews Frank William Decorator 34 St Margaret Street Archard Alfred Hair dresser 28 Newtown Archard Fanny Mrs Shopkeeper 41 Frome Road Archard Frederick Hair dresser & tobacconist 8 Shambles Archard Henry Carpenter 31 Newtown New Bear Hotel, Ascott Amy Mrs Publican Silver Street 57 Trowbridge Road Asher Robert Nurseryman & 6 Shambles Aust Emily Mrs Shopkeeper 41 Frome Road Austin Frank Insurance agent 90 Trowbridge Road Axford Amelia Mrs Confectioner 21 St Margaret Street Bailey John Roland Farmer Bearfield Farm Bainton Lewis Sidney Market gardener 12 Sladesbrook Bainton Walter Henry Insurance agent 57 Woolley Street Baker Alfred John Carver & Gilder 22 St Margaret Street Barnett Alfred Cemetery Keeper Holt Road Barnfield William George Auctioneer 42 St Margaret Street Batchelor Samuel Boot maker 7 Mason's Hill Ironmonger. Agent for Beard Henry A D Sutton & Co Parcel 33 Market Street Carriers Beath Jane Mrs Grocer 20 Newtown Wiltshire Working Men's Co-operative Hall Benjamin E F Sec Conservative Benefit Whitehill Society Benjamin Fitz Henry Refreshment rooms 1 Market Street Bigwood Thomas & Son Plumbers 21 Market Street Bolwell William Saddler 18 St Margaret Street Bowyer Charles Grocer 47 Woolley Street Bowyer Herbert Sidney Carpenter 123 Trowbridge Road Bowyer Hubert Farmer 49 Trowbridge Road Bricker Charles Plasterer 40 St Margaret Street Bricker Kate Miss Confectioner 41 St Margaret Street Brown Alexander Watch Maker 15 Market Street Brown George, Jnr Greengrocer & Fishmonger 6-7 Market Street Brown John Alexander Ironmonger 30-31 Silver Street Bryant Edward George Shopkeeper 2 Bearfield Buildings Bryant James Grocer 13 Sladesbrook Bull Stanley Roger Dairy 76L Trowbridge Road Burgess Henry Baker 16 St Margaret Street Secretary, Independent Burgess William Henry 16 St Margaret Street Order of Oddfellows

©Wiltshire OPC Project/2014/Eileen Barnett Cabell Ellen Mrs Confectioner 7 Shambles Manager, Capital & Counties Bank Ltd, Cadle Raymond Manager treasurer to the guardians Church Street & Urban & Rural District Councils Cannings George Baker 13 Market Street Barton Farm, Frome Chard Joseph Farmer Road Richard Christopher Chemist 29 Silver Street Thorney Belcombe Farm Clarkson Constance Mrs Dairy Farmer House Cockrom Mabel Miss Boys & girls school 28 St Margaret Street Collector, Guardians & Cockrom Percy J Deputy Supt Registrar & 50 St Margaret Street Vaccination Officer Secretary, Bradford-on- Coleman Herbert George Frome Road Avon Gas Co Collins Agnes Miss Photographer 10 St Margaret Street Collins Helen Miss Milliner 10 St Margaret Street Collins Walter G Photographer 10 St Margaret Street Secretary, United Patriots' Collins Walter G 10 St Margaret Street National Benefit Society Solicitor (Beaven & Compton), clerk to the magistrates, guardians & assessment committee, Compton James Bradford-on-Avon union & 50 St Margaret Street to the Rural & Urban District Councils, supt. Registrar of Bradford-on- Avon district & vestry clerk Grocer & Patent Medicine Coupland Thomas W 4 Shambles Vendor Coupland Thomas W Sec Men's Institute 17 Church Street Independent Order of Coward D J Sec Rechabites. Hon sec of 29 Frome Road Temperance Hall Collector of Rates to the Urban District Council & Cowlishaw Arthur W Westbury House deputy registrar of marriages 14a St Margaret Cripps William Henry Draper Street Crisp H & Sons Iron Founders Avonside Iron Works Headmaster, County Day Crompton John MA School & Technical Junction Road Institute Croydon Will Manager, Electric Palace Town Hall Chambers Dainton Charles & Son Bakers 25 Bridge Street Old Bear PH Davies Walter Publican 26 Silver Street 17 Market Street & Davis Albert Fishmonger 36 Silver Street The Bullpit, Church Davis Frederick Plumber Street Dodge Albert Charles Boot Maker 27 Silver Street Doel Albert E Haulier 115 Trowbridge Road 28 Silver Street Dotesio William Printer & Trowbridge John Kenmuir Douglas Publican Swan Hotel Douglas Dyer Morris Publican King's Head PH ©Wiltshire OPC Project/2014/Eileen Barnett 16 White Hill Charles Carpenter. Capt Fire Earle 77 White Hill George Brigade Edmunds Edwin Louis Outfitter 9 Shambles Edwards E & Co Pork Butchers 33 Silver Street Eyers Amelia Miss Distributor, Stamp Office Shambles Physician & surgeon, & Chas Edwd MRCS Eng medical officer & public Manvers House, Flemming Stewart LRCP Lond vaccinator, No 1 district Kingston Road Bradford Union Forrest William Farmer Ashley Farm Plough Inn, 25 Francis Edward Publican Regent's Place, Trowbridge Road Herbert Francis Farmer Woolley Grange Farm Charles Fricker Albert John Tailor 23 Trowbridge Road Frisby Joseph Ltd Boot Factors 32 Silver Street Gale William Howard Tailor 8 St Margaret Street Garlick & Sons Butchers 37 Silver Street Gibson Charles Market Gardener 7 Huntingdon Street Sanitary Inspector & Giddings Richard District Surveyor to the 22 Frome Road Rural District Council Farmer. Hon sec Poultry Gilling William Edward Trowbridge Road Society Goodall John Frank Draper & Outfitter 7 & 8 Silver Street Gore Miss Dress maker 98 Trowbridge Road Green Jesse Samuel Tailor 5 Church Street Green John Henry Dining Rooms 6a Shambles Green Sarah Mrs Shopkeeper 5 Newtown Three Horse Shoes Greenland Edward James Publican PH 55 Frome Road Barge Inn, Frome Grist William H Publican Road Hack Evelyn Miss Costumier 122 Trowbridge Road Bee Hive Inn, 51 Hanney Francis John Publican Trowbridge Road Secretary, Bradford-on- Avon Co-operative Harrall F 9 White Hill Industrial & Provident Society Ltd King's Arms PH Harris Edith Mrs Publican Coppice Hill Hartrey Edwin Steward Conservative Club 20 Market Street Hayman Charles John Shopkeeper 12 Wine Street Head Albert Butcher 36a Market Street Superintendent, Public Heavyside Joseph Taylor Bridge Street Baths Hewitt Edward Confectioner 20 St Margaret Street Edward Hill Insurance Agent 134 Trowbridge Road Archibald George Inn, 27 Hillier Martha Emma Mrs Publican Woodley Street Holdom & Co Printers St Margaret Street Hopkins Ernest Manager, Lloyds Bank Ltd 5 St Margaret Street Howell Charles James Plasterer 73 White Hill Howell Daniel Plasterer 25 Bath Road Howell Frederick Plasterer 18 White Hill Hulbert Walter F E Decorator 48 St Margaret Street Hunt William Draper 15 Silver Street Secretary, Ancient Order Iles W C 44 St Margaret Street Of Foresters

©Wiltshire OPC Project/2014/Eileen Barnett Mason's Arms PH Jacobs George Publican 52 Newtown Insurance Agent, registrar of births & deaths for Jennings John Edward 28 Market Street Bradford sub-district & poor rate collector Jones Charles John Solicitor 18 Silver Street Woodlands, Frome Jones Isaac Executors of Builders & lime burners Road Keates Donald Robert Cycle Agent 42 St Margaret Street Kendall Henry Tailor 5 Market Street Knee H J Ltd House Furnishers 4 Silver Street Knight Albert Hay & Straw Dealer 2 Mason's Lane Knight Job Farmer Budbury Frederick Knott Insurance Agent 11 Bearfield Buildings William Goods Agent for the Laytham Richard 9 St Margaret Street Midland Railway Co Town Surveyor, manager Randle Lees of water works & inspector Westbury House Burslam of nuisances & canal boats Abbey Mills Lochhead John Manager, Wiltshire Rug Co Church Street Long Albert William Builder & Contractor St Margaret Street Martin John Engineer 24 Bridge Street Mattock Arthur Beer Retailer Ashley Road Rising Sun PH Mayell Frank Publican 48 Winsley Road Relieving Officer & Deputy 1 Lorne Villas, McLean John Registrar Junction Road Honorary Secretary, Michell Miss 10 St Margaret's Hill Nursing Association Mills Henry Edward Grocer 28 Huntingdon Street Mills Herbert Tea Rooms 1 St Margaret Street Mizen Arthur Henry Teacher of Music 100 Trowbridge Road Secretary, Bradford Town Mizen Edward Hall & Market Co Ltd Mizen Thomas Motor Car & Coach Builder Frome Road Castle PH Moody Ruth Mrs Publican 10 Mount Pleasant Moore James Grocer 41 Newtown Inland Revenue & Excise Morgan George Edwin 49l Trowbridge Road Officer Morris Ann Mrs Shopkeeper 18 Bridge Street Morris Henry George Secretary, Liberal Club 5 St Margaret Street Mullins Maurice Coal Merchant 37 St Margaret Street Secretary, Tariff Reform Naish Geo St Margaret Street Club Manager, Bradford-on- Needham Robert Frome Road Avon Gas Co Nichols Albert Grocer 35 Market Street Nicholson Alex Jackson Tea Rooms 11 St Margaret Street Secretary, Conservative Palmer Alfred J Sec 20 Market Street Club Payne Edgar Watch Maker 3 Shambles Pearce Mary Ann Mrs Draper 32 Market Street Penny William & Son Bakers & Grocers 39 Newtown Canal Tavern Perkins Arthur Publican 49 Frome Road Canal Boat Proprietor & Powell Thomas 54 Trowbridge Road Carrier Lock Keeper, Kennet & The Lock, Frome Randell E Avon Canal Navigation Road

©Wiltshire OPC Project/2014/Eileen Barnett Randell James News Agent 45 St Margaret Street Inspector of Police & Assistant Relieving Officer Read Henry Nelson Market Street for the suppression of vagrancy Richman Elizabeth Mrs Shopkeeper 1 White Hill Grocer, Junior Manager Bradford-on-Avon Co- Richman James 9 Silver Street operative Industrial & Provident Society Ltd Rogers G & Co House Furnishers 12 St Margaret Street Brewers & Wine & Spirit Ruddle S & Son Bravon Brewery Merchants Rudman Catherine Mrs & Son Farmers 16 Ashley Road Rudman Elizabeth Mrs Chine Dealer 5 Shambles Selfe William & Son Builders 11 Frome Road Seymour Robert John Butcher 10 Silver Street Sims George A Fancy Repository 34 Market Street Steward, Wiltshire Friendly Sims Jonas 2 St Margaret's Villas Society Skrine Albert Tom Butcher 3 Silver Street Slade Edwin & Son Grocers & Bakers Post Office 1 Bath Rd Smith Alfred J Ltd Coal Merchants Station Road Smith Ann Mrs Tobacconist 37 Market Street Smith Frank Builder 49a Trowbridge Road Smith William Carpenter 9 Coppice Hill Soul Frank C Draper & Milliner 36 Market Street George India Rubber Spencer & Co Ltd Kingston Mills Moulton Manufacturers Spencer Tom Registrar of Marriages 50 St Margaret Street Stevens Henry Publican Bell PH, 62 Newtown Stevens James Dairyman 12 Silver Street Summers Frank C Blacksmith 18 Market Street Junior Secretary, Pioneer Summers H A Sick Benefit & Provident 5 St Margaret's Villas Society Summers William Baker & Confectioner 2 Shambles Registrar & High Bailiff, County Court. Attends Sylvester F A P every Tuesday from 3 to 4 Town Hall Chambers to issue plaints & for payment of money Medical Officer & Public Henry MRCS Eng, Abbey House Tayler Vaccinator No 2 District Christopher LRCP Lond Church Street Bradford Union Taylor Edward Rope Maker 10 Mason's Lane Wine & Spirit & Ale & Taylor Emanuel 14 & 19 Silver Street Porter Merchants Taylor Stanley James Outfitter 35 Silver Street Wine & Spirit & Ale & Taylor Thomas 14 & 19 Silver Street Porter Merchants Tucker Mary Anne Mrs Shopkeeper Church Street Turner Rowland Plasterer 14 Trowbridge Road Uncles & Son Boot Makers 2 Silver Street Uncles B & Sons Iron Founders 21 Trowbridge Road Usher Alfred Boot Repairer 15 White Hill Viner Samuel Grocer 32 Huntingdon Street Walton Arthur Pork Butcher 8 Market Street Ward Atkinson Stationer 1 Silver Street Inspector, Kennet & Avon The Lock, Frome Weston Albert Canal Navigation Road Frederick White Hair Dresser 31 Market Street George

©Wiltshire OPC Project/2014/Eileen Barnett White Gideon Norton Secretary, Freemasons Church Street Wicks Frank Shopkeeper 15 Budbury Place Solicitor & Commissioner for Oaths & Clerk to the Burial Board, Joint Wilkins Alexander Town Hall Chambers Committee & County Day School. Captain Bradford Rowing Club Williams Ernest David Grocer 11 Silver Street Willson Walter Henry Chemist 38 Silver Street Winslow George Henry Nurseryman 65 Trowbridge Road Ernest Francis Woodroffe Fried Fish Dealer 20 Silver Street William Seven Stars PH Young John Frederick Publican Newtown

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